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WARDROBE HOOK. No. 525,752. Patented Sept. 11, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL IV. TOWER, OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE GRAND RAPIDS BRASS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WARDROBE-HOOK.

SIECIFIG'ATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 525,752, dated September 11, 1894.

ppli n filed December 26,1893. Serial No. 494,815. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL W. TOWER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Miclngan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wardrobe-Hooks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whlch it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wardrobe hooks, and more particularly to those adapted to be attached to the under side of the ceiling, or top of the wardrobe, and ts object is to provide the same with certain new and useful features, hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a device embodyin g my invention, and Fig. 2 an inverted plan view of the same.

Like letters refer to like parts in both of the figures. V

A represents a portion of the ceiling, or top of a wardrobe, or other suitable receptacle for clothing or other goods; B, a wear plate, or disk attached to the under surface of the same.

0 is a discous plate having a raised edge contacting the plate B and rotative thereon. D is a concavo-convex brace plate, having its concave side downwardand having concavities or notches in its edge engaging the inner sides of a series of downwardly and radially extended hooks E attached at their upper ends to the plate 0 by upsetting and riveting. Each of said plates B, O, D, has an axial opening, which openings are superposed 40 and through which passes a screw F, to attach said plates to the ceiling or top A, and around which screw the plates 0 and Dfreely rotate, whereby any articles suspended upon the hooks E may be successively brought to any convenient position relative to the axis about which they revolve. The plate B prevents wear of the ceiling A, and reduces friction. The depression of the plate 0 clears the rivet heads of the hooks from the plate B, and the brace plate D prevents the books from bending the plate O,when heavilyloaded. The plates B and D are not essential and may be omitted and the device will operate fairly well. 1

What I claim is- 1.- In a wardrobe hook, a discous plate, having a central opening, a series of downwardly and radially projecting hooks attached to the same, and a concavo-convex brace plate, engaging theinner sides of said hooks and sup' porting the same, substantially as described.

2. As an article of manufacture, a wardrobe hook consisting of a flat discous plate having a central opening, a discous plate having a central opening and a raised rim, and having attached a series of downwardly and radially projecting hooks and a concavoconvex brace plate having a central opening and adapted to engage and support said hooks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL W. TOWER.

Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MOULTON, Lols MOULTON. 

